GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC.1970

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MEMORANDUM C111 or To: City Manager c „C, Date niaala September 2, 1970 From: Director of Public Works Subject: PROPOSED CHANGES IN REFUSE COLLECTION RULES AND REGULATIONS On November 1, 1963, Great Western Reclamation, Inc. , began a seven-year contract for the collection and disposal of refuse within the City of Santa Ana. Just previous to that time, the City Council received bids, and the contract was awarded to the lowest bidder. In reviewing the experiences of these past six years, as a general conclusion, we believe that the contractor has provided adequate service. Our administrative costs have been minimal, and with the suggested changes contained in this report, we feel that both the service and administration can be made more effective. At a cost of $1.00 per month per household, Santa Ana has the lowest charge for refuse collection of any jurisdiction in Orange County. There are presently 36,500 refuse collection stops in this City. Last year, the City Council authorized an extension of the contract for an additional four-year period --making the new expiration date October31, 1974. This was done so that the contractor could make a large capital investment in new equipment. The attached sheet listing the possible changes in refuse collection rules and regulations were mailed on July 7 to a number of organizations within the City and to the press. In our letter of transmittal we asked for the comments of the organizations since some of the changes would be of concern to local businesses. We also offered to have a representative from the Public Works Department attend a meeting of each group to answer questions and to discuss the changes in more detail. These letters were sent to the following organizations: Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce Santa Ana City Center Association Seventeenth Street Association South Main Improvement Association Let's Improve Santa Ana (L.I.S.A.) Honer Plaza Association Fashion Square Industrial Development Association of Greater Santa Ana Letters favoring the changes were received from the Chamber of Commerce, the City Center Association, L.I.S.A. , and the Industrial Development Association. A letter was also received from the South Main Improvement Association stating their opposition to the change from the present schedule of daily collection in the commercial map area to the proposed once-a-week collection. A story in The Register gave these proposals city-wide publicity early in July (copy attached) . CHANGE 1 - Amend the dontract with Great Western to provide that all refuse in the City will be collected at least once each week on a regular schedule and to provide that any commercial users who require or desire to have more frequent collection may contract with the collector for the extra service at uniform rates. This will delete the special treatment for daily pick-up afforded certain portions of the commercial areas since this contract was initiated, and provide uniform treatment for all commercial areas of the City. Section 2(h) of the contract requires daily collection from certain commercial areas of the City as indicated on the Exhibit Map, a copy of which is 0